Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake with Buttercream Icing
To jump start my journey of trying new recipes and cake decorating techniques, I began searching online for an easy recipe which would not require to much work or knowledge of baking at first. I stumbled upon a recipe which was suppose to be "kid friendly", and good thing because my little sitters were helping me in the kitchen this afternoon! It was a basic flour, baking soda, butter, etc.. recipe. Again, not being familiar with baking this recipe seemed right up my ally. We began with the cake part, putting all ingredients in the mixer and dishing it out into the cupcake pan. After 25 minutes the timer went off and ta-da... Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes were complete! After watching many videos on cupcake decorating, I decided to try to make flowers on tops of a grass field. For being my first time, I thought they looked very cute. They were extremely easy to compose together.
After the nightly routine with the girls, it was time to sit down and have dessert. The kids loved them (what 4 year old doesn't love chocolate?), but I was not a fan of the cake itself. The initial taste of the icing was sweet and flavorful, but the cake was dry at first. Once chewed, it was almost pasty? I'm not to sure why, but I followed the recipe exactly. Hopefully within the next couple of tries I will get down the recipe for a tasty chocolate cake! Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Overall: I loved the idea of placing peanut butter balls in the middle of the cupcake to have a "hidden surprise". Also, the icing was very yummy! Maybe next time a different flavoring? Stay tuned... :)
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